{{Chapter 2}}
Just like that, Luz decided to approach the two fighting members in the distance. But before she could take another step forward, she felt someone pull her back.
Luz gasped and looked back, only to see that Willow had grabbed her hand to make her stop walking.
The teen arched an eyebrow at her. "Hey, what's wrong?" She asked.
Willow sighed as her grip on Luz's hand loosened. " That's Boscha and Amity, are you sure you wanna interfere in their little discussion?"
The teen tilted her head sidewards, showing slight confusion for her reply. "Who?"
"Oh right, you're new." The dark blue haired teen scoffed, turning her gaze to the two teens in front. " That's Boscha, "Hexside's team captain." she continued.
Augustus followed. "She's only a 2nd year here in Hexside and yet she acts so superior to all of us."
Luz nodded her head. "Then who's that two-tone haired girl over there?" She asked after pointing a finger in the teen's direction.
"That's Amity Blight, 2nd year," Willow replied. "Our school's "Little miss perfect" girl."
The brown-haired teen laughed. "Little miss perfect? Now that's dumb." Luz told, still holding in her laughter from bursting out.
Willow raised an eyebrow at her. "Sh, lower your voice! She'll kill you if she heard you say that." The poor teen nervously warned her.
"Yeah, but why tho?" Questioned Gus.
"I mean come on guys, no one in this world is perfect. It's obvious she messes up her moves sometimes." Luz shrugged.
"S-she does but." Augustus paused to look around if anyone was listening to their conversation. "She does make mistakes, but she'll always make an epic comeback like it's nothing. Aside from that, every time she messes up she'll just give the blame on us."
"Not to mention she's second in line for the team captain role besides Boscha. She's basically a goddess when it comes to her true passion." Willow adjusted her glasses.
"More like a self-centered jerk to me." The freshman scoffed, crossing her arms to her chest.
Willow chuckled and placed a hand on Luz's shoulders. "Oh trust me, Boscha's way worse. That idiot is obsessed with winning any competition in this track."
"Sometimes she pushes the whole team too hard when it comes to practice. It's honestly taking out the joy of joining the Dance track.
As the two dance members continued to warn Luz from interfering with the two elite's in the track, the freshman slowly shifted her glance to the teen named "Amity Blight"
Luz was nodding her head as if she was listening to the two teens, but little did they know that her focus was beginning to turn to the aquamarine haired teen.
Her attention was diverted to the elite member, making her friends' warning barely inaudible for her to even understand nor hear.
"Little miss perfect," they say?" She asked herself, still looking into the 2nd year's eyes. "I know one thing for sure, her social interaction with others is no closer to becoming perfect. What does she even have that these guys don't?"
She then switched her gaze to the pink-haired teen beside Amity. "Hey, isn't that the jerk who almost bumped into me earlier at the front campus?"
Luz continued staring at her with a slightly angered look.
"Oh, and don't forget about Skara." Willow facepalmed.
"Boscha's assistant, yeah I know that Willow but Mattholomule is much worse. I mean have you his moonwalk finale?!"
Willow laughed. "He's just walking backward. But anyway, what we're trying to say to you Luz is-" She paused after turning around, only to see that the freshman was no longer with them.
"Wait, where's Luz?" She questioned, still maintaining her smile.
But it suddenly faded when she realized the freshman was already walking towards the two elites.
"Oh no, no, no." She nervously chanted before running after her while Augustus followed from behind.
But they were too late. As Luz confidently approached the two, Boscha quickly noticed her coming in her direction.
So she calmly snapped her finger which made Amity stop yelling at her. With that, the 2nd elite followed the captain's gaze, leading directly into Luz's brown eyes.
Boscha arched an eyebrow at her after crossing both her arms to her chest, giving Noceda one of her usual angered looks.
"Ugh, what do you want? Were in the middle of a discussion here."
"You're the team captain of the "Hexside Witches" right, Boscha?" Luz asked, returning the same angered look to the teen.
"Well, duh, isn't it obvious you dork-" She started. "Wait, you're that kid back at the entrance, are you here to say sorry to me?"
"Actually you're the one who wasn't paying attention to-" Luz was cut off by another voice.
All 3 girls looked to their side and saw Willow and Augustus rushing towards them.
"W-wait, Luz!" Willow shouted before she stopped running. "Don't you just run off like that."
"Sorry but-" Once again, Luz was interrupted by no other than the feared Team captain of the dance track.
Boscha stomped a foot forward, leaning closer to Willow to make her cower in fear. "Uh, what are you doing here Plant girl?"
"Sorry captain." She replied, taking Luz's hand after. "Come on Luz, practice is about to start."
Luz calmly looked back at her friend. "But I haven't applied yet."
The team captain's eyes widened at her response, making her angered expression turned into an amused one.
She let out a soft chuckle before exchanging looks with Luz. "You, a freshman on my team? Uh, no thank you."
Amity rolled her eyes and maintained silence yet she's still looking into Noceda's eyes. The others noticed this and figured she's only following Boscha's advice towards other people.
Augustus nervously stepped in front. "Come on captain, you haven't even given her a chance yet. So yeah she's new, but that doesn't mean-"
"Are you talking back to me Augustus? You know that our track is already full of members, and you're lucky that you and plant girl one of them."
"Speaking of you two, why aren't you with Skara yet? You two were supposed to be preparing the props." Amity finally spoke up.
"We can ask you the same question too, Amity." Willow silently muttered in an angered tone in her voice.
Boscha arched an eyebrow at her. "Excuse me? Sorry I didn't hear you, Willow."
"Nothing, captain." The poor teen was quick to respond.
But when Luz was about to reply, Boscha suddenly turned around to face her teammates behind her.
"Look we don't have time for this." She started before returning her attention to Amity. "Just do the move with me, Amity! I'll catch you don't worry."
"For the last time Boscha, I'm not doing some dangerous move with you! We already talked about this." Amity shouted back while walking away from the scene.
Boscha then quickly covered her way, grabbing her hand to make her face her. "Oh come on, Blight. This act can secure us a spot in the qualifying matches!"
"And it can also end both our careers. Sure it may be a great closure for our performance but I don't trust you on catching me when I fall!"
Boscha giggled. "Oh come on, I'll catch you! Do you think I'll just watch you fall straight to the floor- wait actually that's a great idea-"
"Boscha!" Amity punched her arm, making Boscha laugh and take a few steps back.
"Alright fine, fine. Just trust me, please."
Amity sighed. "I-I don't know; this act is highly dangerous and difficult for even both of us. Maybe it's best if we change the act for the closure."
"What? No way! This is the best idea you have, Blight!" The captain started. "Now come on, why are you so scared, we haven't even tried it yet."
a weak smile formed on Amity's face. "Fine, I'll kill you if you messed this up."
"If you can, but it's a deal."
While the two elites agreed on making the unknown move, Luz suddenly spoke up which caught the attention of her friends, as well as Boscha and Amity.
"Sorry to but in but what "moves" are you two talking about?"
"Wow, I didn't know you were still there, noobie," Boscha said, slightly surprised. "But nevermind, this is club secrets and you're not allowed to know any of it."
"As of you two, didn't Skara told you to meet up with her before practice?" She continued.
Willow slowly nodded her head. "Yes, captain but-"
"Well, why are two still standing here? Go on, move!" Boscha yelled back, making the two poor dancers ran to the stage.
Luz crossed her arms, still giving Boscha the same angered look. "Hey, you were pretty mean to them."
"What do you care, extra? Now go, we still have practice hours before class starts." She replied, walking towards the stage which left Luz and Amity near the room's entrance.
Luz scoffed and placed both her hands in her jacket's pockets. "Geez, what a jerk."
The aquamarine-haired teen softly chuckled. "I know, Boscha can get annoying sometimes. But hey," She then turned to Luz.
The freshman looked back at her, causing both their eyes to meet for a few seconds before Amity looked away.
"Be free to watch us "Elites" perform, just don't let Boscha see you, okay?"
"Wow, you're really using that term to describe yourself, typical." Luz pouted after leaning on the wall.
"Look, you must be thanking me for giving you a chance to watch us practice, not a lot of people can see us perform. Not to mention you didn't apologize when you bumped into me earlier."
"Dude, you bumped into me! And I already told you "I'm sorry" before you called me a "Nitwit."
Amity rolled her eyes. "Ugh, whatever. Just don't let Boscha see you." She warned before running back inside to assemble with her team.
Now that Luz was left alone, she returned to the room's opened door to avoid suspicion from their team captain.
"Yep, it's still a good day," Luz told debatably told herself.
Not long after Luz managed to find a position with a clear view of the dancers, the music began playing in the background.
And there the dancers entered the stage, all of them were wearing the same pink jacket as Boscha.
Luz just stood there, eyes widened and amazed. The dance crew was separated into 3 groups, each one was doing the same moves except they're in different spots.
Each move fitted the beat, everyone was in sync, and the rhythm of the music was flowing through all of them.
"As expected from a powerhouse school." Luz irresistibly smiled.
Seconds later, her smile suddenly faded, turning into a saddened expression. "I just wish I could be apart of it.
But when she heard a familiar voice shout at the end, she quickly shook away her thoughts and returned her focus to the dance crew.
"Amity!"
There she saw Amity and Boscha dancing in the middle while the other crew members waited in the side.
"Ready?" Boscha asked her teammate.
Amity was quick to move her head, saying "No" to answer Boscha's question. "N-no, Boscha. I take it back, this is way too dangerous!"
Boscha only smirked and placed a single finger underneath Amity's chin. "Don't worry, I'll catch you, Blight."
"No, wait you don't understand!-" The 2nd year was interrupted.
"Look, we can't just cancel the move now! We have to prove to those losers that we can be better. Now, just trust me!" Boscha shouted back which made Amity gasp in slight fear.
"Good, now hold onto me." The captain lastly ordered before placing both her hands onto Amity's waist.
With no other choice, Amity was forced to hold onto Boscha's shoulder. The pink-haired teen then gently lifted her until the point she was already stepping on her shoulder.
"B-Boscha, I'm gonna fall goddammit!" Amity nervously growled at her friend.
luckily Boscha was still holding her legs which gave Amity support on maintaining her balance.
The captain nervously chuckled. "Ready, Blight?"
"N-no!"
"Great, go!"
And just like that, Boscha removed her hands off Amity's hands which made her no other choice than to the next move at hand.
But when Boscha took a step back, her balance was broken, making Amity lose hers too.
And at this exact moment. Luz's eyes widened as well with her instincts dropping in. Adrenaline was now rushing throughout her body as her mind carefully yet quickly figured out what will happen next.
"Amity, No!" She yelled out as she rushes into the room. But one thing was slowing her down, it was the fact that gravity was against her and Amity was almost about to hit head first to the ground.
"I'm not gonna make it!"
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